Tobacco shredding apparatus

US4223845A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. K.G. · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Selonke · Hamburg, DE
• Werner Komossa · Bornsen, DE
• Uwe Elsner · Dassendorf, DE
• Gerhard Schlie · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 1978
• Grant date: Sep 23, 1980
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24B7/14
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A tobacco shredding apparatus wherein a relatively small upright duct receives tobacco from a large magazine. A system of tobacco compacting chains draws tobacco from the lower part of the duct and feeds the resulting cake into the path of orbiting shredding knives. The chains and the knives are driven by a first variable-speed motor. A conveyor which is driven by a second variable-speed motor transfers tobacco from the magazine into the duct. The volume of tobacco in the duct is monitored by a first set of photocells whose signals are used to regulate the speed of the second motor so as to maintain the volume of tobacco in the duct within a first range. The volume of tobacco in the magazine is monitored by a second set of photocells whose signals are utilized to regulate the speed of the first motor so as to maintain the volume of tobacco in the magazine within a second range. The capacity of the magazine is between five and ten times the capacity of the duct.